The Chief, Aerial Reconnaissance Coordination, All Hurricanes ( CARCAH ) is a subunit of the 53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron ( Hurricane Hunters ).

By a few hours later, the deep convection became organized in the circulation's southern semicircle, which prompted a Hurricane Hunters flight into the system.

A few hours later, the Hurricane Hunters confirmed its development.

A Hurricane Hunters flight late on August 15 reported that the depression reached winds of 50 mph ( 80 km / h ); as a result, the NHC upgraded the cyclone to Tropical Storm Alicia.

On August 14, the Hurricane Hunters flew to investigate for a closed circulation near the Bahamas as well as near the Cayman Islands.

Due to the small eye, Hurricane Hunters at first had difficulties in obtaining the strength ; however a flight late on August 16 recorded a very low pressure of, with winds estimated at 150 mph ( 240 km / h ).

However, a subsequent Hurricane Hunters flight early on August 17 recorded a pressure of, at the time the lowest pressure recorded by reconnaissance aircraft.

A Hurricane Hunters flight on August 4 reported a developing eye feature, and the next day Connie rapidly strengthened into a major hurricane.

* Hurricane Hunters

On November 13, the system became better organized ; a Hurricane Hunters flight later that day discovered a surface circulation and winds of about 35 mph ( 55 km / h ).

After its formation, the depression gradually became better organized ; the NHC upgraded it to Tropical Storm Lenny on November 14, based on reports from the Hurricane Hunters.

The Hurricane Hunters reported winds of 100 mph ( 160 km / h ), which indicated that Lenny had become a Category 2 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale.

After the sudden weakening, the Hurricane Hunters reported the eye had reformed and that the hurricane's winds had reached 100 mph ( 160 km / h ).

Hurricane Hunters reported Lenny's peak winds in the southeastern portion of the hurricane ; the group also reported a minimum pressure of 933 mbar, a drop of 34 mbar in 24 hours.

The Hurricane Hunters are aircraft that fly into tropical cyclones in the North Atlantic Ocean and Northeastern Pacific Ocean for the specific purpose of directly measuring weather data in and around those storms.

Organizations currently carrying out " Hurricane Hunters " operations are the United States Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Hurricane Hunters.

The U. S. Navy's VW-4 / WEARECORON FOUR Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Four, " Hurricane Hunters " was the seventh U. S. Navy squadron dedicated to weather reconnaissance.

The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, also known as the " Hurricane Hunters ", is a United States Air Force squadron of aircraft, based in Biloxi, Mississippi, that flies missions into hurricanes and weather systems for research purposes and observation.

The area of responsibility for the Hurricane Hunters is midway through the Atlantic Ocean to the Hawaiian Islands.

The Hurricane trackers of the Air Force Reserve are distinct from the NOAA Hurricane Hunters, based at the Aircraft Operations Center at MacDill AFB, in Tampa, Florida using WP-3D Orion and Gulfstream IV-SP aircraft for this mission.

* 1935 – First flight of the Hawker Hurricane.

This reduces maximum speed, and increases fuel consumption. A British Hawker Hurricane from World War II with cantilever wings Hugo Junkers endeavored to eliminate virtually all major external bracing members, only a dozen years after the Wright Brothers ' initial flights, to decrease airframe drag in flight, with the result being the Junkers J 1 pioneering all-metal monoplane of late 1915, designed from the start with all-metal cantilever wing panels.

Hawker Hurricane designer Sydney Camm with a " twin-pusher " free flight model, circa 1915 in England, a type flown today in " old-timer " meets

Sen. Nelson works with government storm trackers during a hurricane-hunter flight into the center of Hurricane Charley in August 2004

The 1943 Surprise Hurricane, which struck Houston, Texas during World War II, marked the first intentional meteorological flight into a hurricane.

The 1943 Surprise Hurricane, which struck Houston, Texas during World War II, marked the first intentional meteorological flight into a hurricane.

Around this time, a Hurricane Hunters flight indicated that the circulation was indistinct, although it was gradually evolving.

With Iris having such a small eye, a Hurricane Hunters flight could not deploy a dropsonde into the center of the eye, and shortly after the flight, the innermost eye collapsed as the core paralleled the Honduras coastline just offshore.

Late on October 28, a Hurricane Hunters flight encountered a much stronger hurricane, with winds of 125 mph ( 200 km / h ) in a small area near the center.

A Hurricane Hunter reconnaissance flight reported hail, which is unusual for tropical cyclones.

A Hurricane Hunter reconnaissance flight reported hail, which is unusual for tropical cyclones.

In June 1943, a flight of six Sea Hurricane Mk. IIcs from 804 squadron joined the squadron, which spent part of September and October 1943 operating from, while part of the Swordfishes served on and the rest of the squadron remained at RAF Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland.

The company produced the Gloster Gladiator ; Hawker Hurricane ; Hawker Typhoon ; Gloster Meteor and Gloster Javelin and its test runway became famous for the first flight of Sir Frank Whittle's turbo-jet aircraft.

* It is ' Mother ' Cox rather than Hart who narrowly avoids death when his early model Hurricane loses its wooden propeller in flight.

Returning from a practise flight, he in-advertently taxis his Hurricane into a slit-trench, up-ending the aircraft and, too impatient to wait for a ladder, falls from the cockpit and fatally breaks his neck.

In late July, the first intentional flight into a hurricane was flown into what became known as the Surprise Hurricane.

CC & F Hawker Hurricane X on a test flight over Fort William, Ontario

Hurricane Carla damaged 70% of the marinas in the Galveston-Port Aransas area but fuel service is back to normal, and explorers can roam as far west as Port Isabel on the Mexican border.

In 2006, shortly after Hurricane Ernesto affected Bath, North Carolina, eleven year-old Kevin Schanze discovered a piece of metal debris on the ground near his beach home.

Clinton greets a Hurricane Katrina evacuee, who is in a wheelchair, in the Reliant Center at the Houston Astrodome on September 5, 2005.

Extremely large objects are normally shipped in sections and assembled onsite, but shipping an assembled unit reduced costs and avoided reliance on construction labor at the delivery site ( which in this case was still recovering from Hurricane Katrina ).

The " Florida Keys for Katrina Relief " had originally been set for October 23, 2005, when Hurricane Wilma barreled through the Florida Keys on October 24, causing flooding and economic mayhem.

A Cape Verde type Hurricane is formed in the area south of the islands, near Sao Miguel, after a tropical wave on the African continent during the rainy season.

Constitutional talks however went on hold following Hurricane Ivan in 2004.

Many other director's cut music videos contain sexual content that can't be shown on TV thus creating alternative scenes, such as 30 Seconds to Mars's Hurricane, and in some cases, alternative videos, such as in the case of Spears ' 2008 video for Womanizer.

Onstage in Oslo, Norway, on 18 June, Bowie was hit in the eye with a lollipop thrown by a fan ; a week later he suffered chest pain while performing at the Hurricane Festival in Scheeßel, Germany.

With Yearwood, he sang Creedence Clearwater Revival's " Who'll Stop the Rain " on the Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast nationwide telethon for Hurricane Katrina relief.

* Two years later, on 27 September 1966, Category 3 Hurricane Inez caused very extensive damage mostly in Grande-Terre and north Basse-Terre Island and killed 33 people.

* From late August to mid September 1995, the island was in the path of three successive cyclones: Tropical Storm Iris on 28 August — caused minor damages ; Hurricane Luis on 5 September — caused moderate damages in north coast of Grande-Terre ; Hurricane Marilyn on 15 September — caused moderate damages in Basse-Terre.

* Two years later, on 27 September 1966, Hurricane Inez caused extensive damage and killed 27 people, mostly in Grande-Terre.

* From late August to mid September 1995, the island was in the path of three successive cyclones: Tropical Storm Iris on 28 August caused minor damages ; Hurricane Luis on 5 September caused moderate damages in north coast of Grande-Terre ; Hurricane Marilyn on 15 September caused moderate damages in Basse-Terre.

In September 2005, Kid Rock filled in for Johnny Van Zant, the lead singer of Lynyrd Skynyrd on the band's hit " Sweet Home Alabama " at the Hurricane Katrina benefit concert.